Zackary Lazo

How Jules Verne affected the world we live in today

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"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne." Science Fiction Inventions and Ideas. technovelgy.com. Brunswick, MD. 12-2-10 http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/authortotalalphalist.asp?aunum=50>.

1. Jules Verne thought of many ideas just in one book.
2. 20,000 leagues under the sea displayed things that were yet to be invented.
3. In the book, he thought of Scuba Diving
4. Also, he thought of undersea mining
5. The taser as well
6. Repel boarders
7. and the submarine
8. He gives a good description of all his inventions
9. it is obvious that he loves science
10. In his book, "From Earth to the moon", he came up with many other ideas
11. he invented the original Rocket
12. he even thought through the projectiles of starting and stopping
13. The 900 foot cannon was invented by him too
14. Thinking that hopefully it would create enough power to push the rocket.
15. Jules verne knew only a specific spot would work for launch, known as the launch facility
16. That is how NASA does it today, based on his ideas
17. He also predicted the trajectory of the rocket would send it around the moon and back. He was right
18. The first attempt to communicate with ET. Before all the societies were made.
19. Before the rocket, he thought of having rocket power blast someone to the moon
20. His works in this book have encouraged NASA, and created an important part of out history

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Dryer, Roddy. "Jules Verne: This Great Writer Affected Your Life More Than You Think." Arts and entertainment. 2009. yahoo. associated content, 12-2-10 <http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1572286/jules_verne_this_great_writer_affected.html?cat=38>

1. Our world wouldn't exist the way is is without the help of Jules Verne
2. Some people believe he is important as Edison making the light bulb
3. His imagination, not his actual creation, helped our society
4. He had many other original thoughts
5. like live TV
6. video phones
7. writing things on the clouds
8. paper steel
9. People believe that Verne knew these things would be invented sometime in the future.
10. Verne was french
11. That translations in English might not have let up to what Verne thought of originally
12. We take advantage of some of our everyday things
13. but the work it took to make them are very complex
14. Like Verne thought of these, it might have been a lot of hard thinking
15. A lot of his writing influenced other writers
16. Verne was rejected from a lot of his writing
17. He kept rewriting it until the publisher liked it
18. Verne didn't just write invention and fantasy books
19. He wrote one found in 1994, locked in his safe.
20. It was about the prophesying aspects of the 20th century

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Skloot, Floyd. "Something to Marvel At." Prairie Schooner 84.3 (2010): 99+. Student Edition. Web. 3 Dec. 2010.
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1. Sometimes, the writer found himself peaceful
2. It reminded him of a novel Verne would have written
3. None of Verne's novels would take place in an ordinary town or suburb
4. Whenever they get something out of the ordinary, they always say the same thing
5. It looks like something out of a Verne novel.
6. He called him the 19th century version of Stephen King
7. He can be scary, exciting
8. Also, unrealistic...back then...
9. and science fiction like
10. A lot of his works have been made into movies
11. Sometimes older novels, no matter how good, aren't always read.
12. Verne exposed his own loneliness and detachment
13. He yearning for shared adventure and small-group solidarity
14. He took the time to explore personality, not just sketch figures
15. He told action adventure stories, and showed it was something he could never do
16. Verne found away to show insight, all the while making it iteresting
17. One character in his book said "Don't reject the existence of something just because you have never heard of it."
18. Verne felt freedom by writing his stories
19. Verne's parents wanted him to become an attorney
20. If that happened, the world we know wouldn't be what it is

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Evans, Arthur B. "Jules Verne's America." Extrapolation 48.1 (2007): 35+. Student Edition. Web. 3 Dec. 2010http://find.galegroup.com/gps/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=IPS&docId=A164613786&source=gale&srcprod=STOM&userGroupName=fcpsbhs&version=1.0

1. Verne only made 1 trip to America
2. Though his works in America have changed our lives
3. He didn't even visit America for his book popularity
4. He only went to visit Niagara Falls
5. The later books he wrote weren't as good as the first, well known ones
6. He tried basing a couple more books on 19th America
7. But they weren't as good as 20000 leagues under the sea, or journey to the center of the earth
8. Jules Verne was a strong believer in republicanism
9. He includes America in his books more than you would think
10. Like in Around the world in 80 days, they land in San Fransisco
11. There is a riot, but it is only a local election
12. Or in the Remake of Around the world in 80 days, they travel in Alaska
13. Around that time, America was making more progress than France was.
14. They were called Yankees, and every one was thought to know how to read and write
15. This was partly the reason Jules loved it.
16. The American reader though, notices in 80 days, America is not yet constructed and seems like a mad house
17. Though at that time, it was.
18. Americans are openly criticized or mercilessly satirized
19. The true identity of America in the works and life of Jules Verne remains a profoundly ambiguous one.
20. Jules Verne is remembered principally as the "father of science fiction."